This may be one of The most famous mental illnesses in China, even in the era when mental illness was called "crazy" and "neurotic", this mental illness with Chinese characteristics was very willing to be accepted, and even did not hesitate to label itself as such a label - neurasthenia.
How does TCM explain neurasthenia?
The disease of neurasthenia can be called sleeplessness in Traditional Chinese medicine, because this disease will be accompanied by clinical symptoms such as difficulty falling asleep. Patients can manifest as dreamy and easy to wake up, shallow sleep, difficulty falling asleep again after waking up, poor sleep quality, lack of sleep, and want to sleep during the day, but can not really fall asleep, often easy to think.
In modern life, the pace of life is accelerated, life pressure is high, the competition is strong, and more and more people are in a marginal state between health and disease, that is, a "sub-healthy" state, and neurasthenia is also described as a "sub-healthy" state.
The study pointed out that for a long time in China, the incidence of neurasthenia is high and the rate of medical treatment is low. In some people with neurotic personality qualities, if they encounter environmental factors such as mental tension and stress, the disease of neurasthenia is almost inevitable.
Neurasthenia is one of the most common functional disorders. Excessive tension in higher neural activity is responsible for the occurrence of the disease. If the cause can be removed in time and properly exercised, this disease can be completely cured.
The "weakened" nerves, like the weakened body, can also be strengthened through proper exercise. The reason why the disease of neurasthenia lingers on some patients for a long time is often due to the lack of timely and reasonable self-regulation, and patients can only better defeat this disease if they have a deep understanding of their symptoms, causes and pathogenesis, so as to learn and master the methods of self-regulation and prevention.
How to alleviate neurasthenia?
1. Learn to reduce stress on yourself
Almost everyone in the face of academic, work and life pressure will feel inadequate, or too much pressure, but must learn to self-decompression, self-counseling, do not worry too much, it turns out that our excessive anxiety is not necessary, what you worry about often does not happen, in addition, the goals you think are impossible to decompose into several small goals, can also effectively reduce stress.
2. Press the head
Half an hour before going to bed every night, first rub your palms together, then put your palms on your cheeks, point your fingers up to the incense point, push up to the hairline, through the eyes, bamboo and other points, and then separate your hands to the sides to the forehead corner, the index finger through the ear gate back to the starting point, so repeated massage 30 to 40 times.
3. Strengthen exercise.
Physical exercise can improve physical fitness, enhance resilience, and enhance the body's ability to adapt to the environment and changes. Moreover, if you feel tired or sleepy during the process of staying up late, you can also refresh your mind by doing gymnastics, playing tai chi and other activities.